Future Vision: Stories of Our Brilliant Tomorrow

by Madeleine Rogers, Cathy Rogers

Overview

Future Vision takes young readers on a beautifully illustrated and hopeful adventure into tomorrow’s world, exploring the technological and social developments that could await them.

Children are taken on a journey into the year 2070, to a world transformed by technology, sustainability, and global initiatives. From traffic-free cities and carbon-free energy to eco-friendly homes and developments in space exploration, readers are invited to imagine the possibilities that lie ahead.

Written as a positive exploration of life in the future, the book aims to inspire children to dream of the bright future that they can help create.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787081505
Publisher:	Button Books
Publication date:	04/01/2025
Pages:	56
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Madeleine Rogers’s background is in illustration, graphic and product design. Recently graduated with an MA in Sustainable Design, her practice is focused on communicating wonder and awe for the natural world to young audiences. She has authored and illustrated a series of books celebrating wildlife which have been translated into several languages. She is also passionate about growing food and understanding food systems. In her spare time she is a volunteer shepherd and a nature friendly gardener. She is based in East Sussex.

Dr Cathy Rogers began her career in TV, as a creator and producer of science programmes, including the Emmy-nominated Scrapheap Challenge(UK)/Junkyard Wars(US). She returned to academia for a PhD in Educational Neuroscience, looking at how creativity works in the brain and has since written a book for teachers about how brains work. Her passion lies in communicating science, whether that’s explaining neuroscience to a class of 7 year olds or grilling NASA professors about the future of space exploration. She is based in London.

Table of Contents

Welcome to 2070 4-5

Transport 6-11
The A-Z of A to B

Wildlife 12-17
There’s a Bison in my Backyard

Homes 18-21
Helping Hands and Glowing Greens

Artificial Intelligence 22-25
Einstein in my Pocket

Energy 26-31
Green is the New Black

Health and Wellbeing 32-35
Finding our Happy Place

Oceans 36-41
Swimming with Siphonophores

Food 42-45
My 2070 Food Diary

Space 46-49
Out of this World

Democracy 50-53
Power to the People

The Journey Starts Here 54-55
One Small Step

About the Authors/Acknowledgements 56

Editorial Reviews

"Guaranteed to spark discussion, the writer draws on the knowledge and predictions of a range of experts, seeking to explore what the world might be like in 2070."
Books for Keeps 14th November 2024

"In a world that can feel dominated by terrifying news, this beautifully illustrated and deceptively simple-seeming book offers a much-needed corrective. The date is 2070 and the narrator of the book is 12-year-old Kit, who is explaining what our future looks like...The authors have spoken to academic experts so that "everything in the book is based on real possibilies"...It all seems eminently doable."
Sunday Times https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/luxury/article/new-books-christmas-2024-times-luxury-7rh8bbzrt

"Journey to 2070, and a world of green and renewable energy, of empathy and kindness, and clean and reliable transport on tap. It is so easy for young people to feel disheartened about the future, but this hopeful book paints a picture of a brighter tomorrow."
The I Paper https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/best-children-books-2024-every-age-3395867

Future Vision: Stories of our Brilliant Tomorrow helps bring out the inner optimist...It shows how all the positive things being done now might impact the future, and how readers might be able to impact the future too. Future Vision would sit well in various areas of the curriculum as an accompanying text. Especially in science, technology and environmental topics..."
Just Imagine https://justimagine.co.uk/childrens-books-review/future-vision-stories-of-our-brilliant-tomorrow/

"...expertly written by scientist Dr Cathy Rogers and illustrated by wildlife-loving Madeleine Rogers. The passion, detail, knowledge and sense of joy and fun that the duo have is absolutely amazing. Their inventiveness in sharing this vision for our world, as if it were already a reality, is a fantastically inspiring and thought-provoking way in which to harness young readers' enthusiasm and engagement in wanting to actively help create such a prosperous future. Believable, relatable and so relevant - like a blueprint of where the world could be. A hugely meaningful and powerful book."
Reading Zone 5-Star Review https://www.readingzone.com/books/future-vision-stories-of-our-brilliant-tomorrow/

"My book rec for children's #nonfiction month is the profoundly hopeful & inspirational #FutureVision by @CathyJaneRogers w Madeleine Rogers, which asked top scientists to envisage 2070 for children today: the incredible changes that could transform our world for the better.”
@PiersTorday https://x.com/PiersTorday/status/1854469320325140607

"Future Vision: Stories of our Brilliant Tomorrow is a wonderful new book which examines just this, considering, from an optimistic lens, what possibilities could await us...It’s a great reflection point: what do we want our planet to be and how can we work together to make it so?"
@kidsbookstolife https://www.instagram.com/p/DC2LtFgKB5E/?img_index=1

"In exploring diverse realms, from space exploration to food sustainability, Future Vision stands out as a hopeful vision for tomorrow’s world. The emphasis on practical, achievable innovations—presented in accessible language and detailed visuals—invites children to picture themselves as active contributors to this future. Ultimately, Future Vision is not only a window into a reimagined world but also a call to action. It encourages children to dream big and consider how they might participate in creating a world transformed by sustainability and kindness to our planet.”
@booksb4bedtime https://www.instagram.com/p/DCTSCyaqseE/?img_index=1

"children are transported to the year 2070, to a world that has been transformed by sustainability, technology and global collaboration...The author feels strongly that optimism about the future...is important and she talks of 'realistic optimism'...she invites readers to think about their own vision of the future. This is where I see that the imagination is vital, for no scientific discoveries could have been made without the power of the imagaination"
Red Reading Hub https://redreadinghub.blog/2024/12/05/future-vision/

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